Geronimo the Alpaca loses his battle

[Catherine]

Geronimo is an Alpaca in the UK. He was imported from New Zealand several years ago. He was negative for Bovine TB when he arrived. He has since had two positive Bovine TB tests. His owner and a large number of animal activists have been fighting for him ever since. There have been petitions and court cases to stop the euthanasia order. 
Sadly government veterinarians and police officers arrived on Tuesday and took Geronimo away and killed him.


https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/geronimo-th...-1.5567736

https://torontosun.com/news/world/geroni...lic-outcry

Geronimo's supporters were asking for one more test. False positives can happen. One more test would have made sure that they were not making a mistake.
It wasn't an unreasonable request. Sadly it was denied. 
It seems a little cruel that they came as a group and took the Alpaca away. He would have been scared. It could have been done quietly at the farm with little distress to the animal. He was a gentle little creature and he deserved that much. It was not kindly done.

Of course the other animals that are culled because of Bovine TB and not given the benefit of tests or kindness. The Badgers are hunted down and killed. 
It hasn't even been shown that this culling helps stop the spread of Bovine TB.

RIP Geronimo, victim of a battle that is not of his making.